Propane Autogas – Conversions and Infrastructure

Blossman Gas Inc. Acquires Dade Gas

November 25, 2014
• by Staff

Blossman Gas Inc., a propane company based in Ocean Springs, Miss., purchased Dade Gas on Oct. 31. Dade Gas, located in Trenton, Ga., has been marketing propane for 22 years in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. Its 2,200 customers will join Blossman’s customer base of 150,000, and all Dade Gas employees will remain with Blossman Gas.

“We are very pleased that the owners of Dade Gas, Melvin Branford and Frank and Peggy Wallins, have selected Blossman Gas to continue their long tradition of exceptional service to their customers," said Stuart Weidie, Blossman's president and CEO. "This acquisition fits well into our strategy of acquiring quality propane companies in the eastern half of the United States.”

Blossman Propane Gas, Appliance & Service has provided service throughout the Southeast and Mid- Atlantic for more than 60 years. Servicing customers in 12 states from 72 branches, the family-and employee-owned company sells more than 85 million gallons of propane a year.

The new vehicles will annually consume approximately 36.8 million gallons of clean propane autogas, and many will be displacing fuels with higher emissions like gasoline and diesel, according to the Propane Education & Research Council.

Roush CleanTech and BSquare are the newest associate members of the Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA), the nonprofit national trade association that provides the unified and focused voice for the truck renting and leasing industry.

Roush CleanTech is the first propane autogas fuel system manufacturer to receive the Environmental Protection Agency’s and California Air Resources Board’s heavy duty-onboard diagnostics certification for all its engines, the company announced.

Fleet owners and managers will have ample opportunity to learn how propane autogas reduces a fleet’s emissions profile and its total cost-of-ownership with a demonstration during the Work Truck Show 2018.